¹اطلبوا من الرب المطر في اوان المطر المتأخر فيصنع الرب بروقا ويعطيهم مطر الوبل. لكل انسان عشبا في الحقل.

¹They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each — the herb in the field.

²لان الترافيم قد تكلموا بالباطل والعرافون رأوا الكذب واخبروا باحلام كذب. يعزّون بالباطل. لذلك رحلوا كغنم. ذلوا اذ ليس راع.

²Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, [With] vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd.

³على الرعاة اشتعل غضبي فعاقبت الاعتدة. لان رب الجنود قد تعهد قطيعه بيت يهوذا وجعلهم كفرس جلاله في القتال.

³Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle.

⁴منه الزاوية منه الوتد منه قوس القتال منه يخرج كل ظالم جميعا.

⁴From him [is] a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together.

⁵ويكونون كالجبابرة الدائسين طين الاسواق في القتال ويحاربون لان الرب معهم والراكبون الخيل يخزون.

⁵And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah [is] with them, And have put to shame riders of horses.

⁶واقوي بيت يهوذا واخلّص بيت يوسف وارجعهم لاني قد رحمتهم ويكونون كاني لم ارفضهم لاني انا الرب الههم فاجيبهم.

⁶And I have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as [if] I had not cast them off, For I [am] Jehovah their God, And I answer them.

⁷ويكون افرايم كجبار ويفرح قلبهم كانه بالخمر وينظر بنوهم فيفرحون ويبتهج قلبهم بالرب.

⁷And Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah.

⁸اصفر لهم واجمعهم لاني قد فديتهم ويكثرون كما كثروا.

⁸I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply.

⁹وازرعهم بين الشعوب فيذكرونني في الاراضي البعيدة ويحيون مع بنيهم ويرجعون.

⁹And I sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back.

¹⁰وارجعهم من ارض مصر واجمعهم من اشور وآتي بهم الى ارض جلعاد ولبنان ولا يوجد لهم مكان.

¹⁰And I have brought them back from the land of Egypt, And from Asshur I do gather them, And unto the land of Gilead and Lebanon I do bring them in, And there is not found for them [space].

¹¹ويعبر في بحر الضيق ويضرب اللجج في البحر وتجف كل اعماق النهر وتخفض كبرياء اشور ويزول قضيب مصر.

¹¹And He hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside.

¹²واقويهم بالرب فيسلكون باسمه يقول الرب

¹²And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah!